Over on FJRForum.com, there has been some interesting possible developments regarding the FJR's rather lame electrical system.
Forum member Rick Conn has come across another FJR owner who owns an Electrical shop in southern Califiornia.
The owner has appearently done some extensive R&D on the FJR's charging system. The owner states that the FJR's alternator only puts out an actual 405-watts at 4000 RPM.
He also states he has developed a new stator that bench-tests a true 520-watts at the same engine speed.
A prototype is being sent to me today. I should have it by early next week. I will install it and you can best believe I will put it through the wringer.
If I can replicate in the real world what the owner is saying he sees on his test equipment, then this may indeed be the stator panacea many of us have been looking for. It would roughly be 100-ish watts of available power above what we currently see right now.
This would do the job... it means the end of the only real problem area on the bike for us Endurance Riders. And for everyone else who loads up the bike with 2-up electrical gear, aux lights, etc.
So... we shall see.
BTW.... kudos to Rick Conn for this find. I dunno if Rick is attending WFO-5, but if he does, we'll all have to buy him a beer.
Forum member Rick Conn has come across another FJR owner who owns an Electrical shop in southern Califiornia.
The owner has appearently done some extensive R&D on the FJR's charging system. The owner states that the FJR's alternator only puts out an actual 405-watts at 4000 RPM.
He also states he has developed a new stator that bench-tests a true 520-watts at the same engine speed.
A prototype is being sent to me today. I should have it by early next week. I will install it and you can best believe I will put it through the wringer.
If I can replicate in the real world what the owner is saying he sees on his test equipment, then this may indeed be the stator panacea many of us have been looking for. It would roughly be 100-ish watts of available power above what we currently see right now.
This would do the job... it means the end of the only real problem area on the bike for us Endurance Riders. And for everyone else who loads up the bike with 2-up electrical gear, aux lights, etc.
So... we shall see.
BTW.... kudos to Rick Conn for this find. I dunno if Rick is attending WFO-5, but if he does, we'll all have to buy him a beer.